03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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At his office, the Assistant Commandant insulted the three victims. He treated Belu Rani shabbily<br />
and turew her from the camp. Around 200 villagers witnessed his behaviour.<br />
Belu Rani lodged a complaint at Raninagar PS (General Diary Entry No. 1213). No action was<br />
taken.<br />
Belu Rani lodged complaints with the OC of Raninagar PS, the BDO, and the DM (Berhampore).<br />
No action was taken.<br />
FF Code : W.B./ MON (Murari Dey)/Hooghly/<br />
Feb-04/02/2007/Sl.No.-17<br />
Victim(s) : Villagers of Beraberi and adjoining<br />
villages<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Priyabrata Bakshi, OC; 2) A.<br />
Mazumdar, SI<br />
Location : Singur PS, Hooghly District, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
Date of incident : 04/02/2007<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
245<br />
Case Detail:<br />
On 4 th February 2007, nearly 150 villagers of Beraberi and adjoining villages under Singur PS<br />
assembled near the fences erected by the administration at the Tata Motors installation.<br />
At around 10.30am, the police arrived and beat the protesters with lathis. They pulled the<br />
women’s hair and insulted them. The police fired tear-gas shells at the village, causing one<br />
hutment to burn down. They beat Amithabha Bhattacharya, pinned him to the ground, and<br />
dragged him to their vehicle. All of this was recorded in audio and video media.<br />
The police arrested a number of protesters, including Anuradha Talwar of the Right to Food<br />
Network and some leaders of the peoples’ movement. They filed charges (Singur PS Case No.<br />
25, dated 04.02.07), u/s 147/ 148/ 149/ 448/ 186/ 332/ 333/ 325/ 326/ 353/ 307 IPC, 9(B) of the<br />
IE Act, and 3 and 4 of the P.D.PP Act. The charge was registered at 4.35pm, despite that the<br />
arrests took place between 11.00am and 11.30am.<br />
Some arrestees were admitted to the Singur Block Hospital with injuries. Ganga Das, Kabita<br />
Bag, and Mamata Manna – all unconscious – were treated at the Singur Primary Health Centre.<br />
Some were referred to the District Hospital in Chuchura, and were later shifted to Calcutta Medical<br />
College Hospital. However, some of the grievously injured were denied medial treatment.<br />
The arrestees were produced before the ACJM Court, Chandannagar. Judge Apurba Singha<br />
Roy granted bail to all of them except Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Gopal Pal, and Becharam Manna.<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007